The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30
THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA.
An Entertaining Account of DIR. JunI,cr's

T An Entertaining Account of DIR. Juntcr's
Journcy-Incidcnts of the Trip.
The natives of the Uganda district be-
leve in a supreme being, but they do not
worship Him, conf ring him so in
Gnitely superior that the worship Of In
significant mortals would not be recog-
niged by Him; but they worship inferior
leitie3, especially the god of the lake,
and o., voyage make libatons to Him.
They have also god Of war---in fact,
they have their Jupiter, Neptune and
Mars. Warrior Chiefs too, who have
died in battle arc worshiped as demi-
gods. Thsis very much like the IIomcric
mythology. The government of Uganda
is based on tho feudal system. The chiefs
own land and fulfill tho duties of magis-
lratcs; but there is right of appeal, and
important cases come before u chief or
chiefs of the highest order. The kingdom
Is really liwited monarchy; it is gov
erncd by q cu...lcil consisting of the king
and some chiefs of the highest order, in-
rltding the chief butler. baker, and,
above all. the chef do cuisine, the cook
Without the sanction of these august
personages the king can do nothing.
hen this parliament is dissolvcd-it sits
for three months-the members, like our
NJ. P.'s, retire to their country seats.
The king keeps an enormous harem, and
polygamy is an institution. Children and
girls are sold for guns, ammunition, etc.
In the court there are dwarfs and
buiroons. as there were at European
courts in the oldcn times.
Baker writes that needles are in great
4 rrlt-
clever taiors and furricrs-a handsome
girl may be purchased for thirteen
needles, to he exchanged in Unyoro for
M elephant trlsk, which would be worth
eco or ESQ in England. In Unyoro
there is an established value for healthy
young girl-such a person is equal to q
single elephants tusli of the first class or
u new shirt Thus q girl might be pur-
chased for shirt, and subsequently ex-
Changed for large elephants tusk.
Slavery is national institution of the
country. In Unvoro the girls are pur-
chased for various commodities, such as
brass coil, bracelets, bark, clothes, cot
ton, shirts, ivory, etc. The Unyoro
country lies at the southeast bank Of the
Albert NyanH.
Dir. Junker was allowed to proceed on
his journey in boat belonging to the
mission after he had made some hand
some presents to the king. This place is
a. the south of Victoria Nyanza lie re-
! manned here four days. Toward the
southwest the banks lose the appearance
of fertility which they had on the north;
and rocky hills without verdure, OF
merely covered with stunted mimosa or
coarse grass, run to the margin OF the
lake, where they end i'll naked rocks. In
the narrow bays formed by these ridges
! are here and there villages nesting
among banana groves.
DR.. Junker now got to Ukumhi. Here
l the hills recede again, and beds of am
batch are found growing in the water.
! The natives construct boats from thi,
l weed, which is so extremely buoyant that
. II boat ten feet long and four feet wide
made of it will support at least twelve
men. The lowest point at which this
}, pithy weed is found is about latitude 12.
! Other parts of the coast are often fringed
with waterlilics. and the islands at the
south Of the lake are as beautiful as fairy
land 1t is an everchanging kaleidoscope
at one spot purple convolvuli ard the
graceful papri abound. around which Ill
Vulnerable quantities Of water fowl OF
every description hover and swim; while
here and thore huge Eippopotami are seen
3 floundcring, and crockodiles basking
) where there happens to be sandbanl;s OF
z grassy creeks. In the middle distance arc
! seen plantain groves and grassy plains OF
S a vivid emerald, while il tho background
! stand gigantic trees with branches twisted
i most Enthusiastically. From Ukumhi DR.
) Junlier went on to Ut Salala, where
S there is a church mission station. Thence
4 he went with his porters and donkey'
to Uyui. Uyui may almost be called ;
: town. 1t is one of the largest col
lections of huts in Africa. Here ant
+ there are places shaded by immense fig
trees. under which the natives sit. Tli
i is prosperous station. 1t is ten mile
!. northeast from Tabora, the great cente
of Arab trade.
e The doctor then continued his journe,
o over the Ugodo Country. through th
/ Rubal pass to Mpwapwa. Mpwapw
IL lies on the western slopes of the Usagar
IL mountains, adjoining the vast tract O
n forest which separates it from the tabl
:; land of Uugodo. Clusters Of villages ar
S scattered all over the plains, their III
iliDItdiito oul'pOiIAiS, eiSn'ooA'S' VA .ii
9 product of the soil and by breedin
y cattle. The country is fertile, and pre-
10 duces large crops of dhurra, Indian cor
III and other cereals. The natives dwell i
l. mud huts, built square, with larg
lc court house in the center, into which "a
l is common III the SoudauO the cattle M
~ driven at night to prevent their bein
l dumped" as the Cape expression runs
ic the doors are strongly built of Woo
I The inhabitants are mixed race c
y Wagogo and Wassagara and other tribe:
Is Toward the west stretches an immens
plain; to the north arc fields of dl,irr;
70 and to the south and east vast forests
ia paradise for sportsman, as all kinds {
III ganc--lions. lcopards, antclopes an
s. buiTalocs rove there. In q southerl
so direction tower lofty mountains; indeet
it were difficult to conceive moi
III romantic spot than that where o,
n traveller rested.--Cairo Cor. Londo
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